Scary new AI can track you in surveillance videos without even seeing your face

If you’ve ever worried that advanced AI tech could be used to track people more invasively than ever, your fears are partly becoming a reality. Veritone has developed an AI model called Track AI that can identify and follow people in video footage of any kind.

You might think tech like this can’t be legal, since facial recognition for surveillance is banned in many parts of the US. You’d be right, but Track AI doesn’t rely on facial recognition. Instead, it analyzes body size, gender, hair color, clothing, and even how a person walks to tell individuals apart.

Tracking gait and other physical attributes while skipping facial recognition might make Track AI appealing to many law enforcement agencies. Apparently, some are already using the early version of this surveillance tech in their investigations. And yes, Track AI raises privacy concerns, just like facial recognition used for mass surveillance.

That said, the Track AI software could still be a helpful tool for law enforcement, as long as it’s used lawfully. The real worry comes from the human factor. It’s people who could abuse this powerful AI for personal reasons. And let’s not forget authoritarian regimes that could develop similar tech or adopt Track AI to monitor people almost in real time.

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